Card Trivia:Dark Paladin
- This is the cover card of Magician's Force, Structure Deck: Yugi Volume 2, and Duelist Pack: Yugi.
- This monster appears in the artwork of "Piercing the Darkness".
- "Dark Magical Circle" appears in this card's second OCG/first TCG artwork.
- The explosion in the background of this card's third artwork is similar to the one depicted in the artwork of "Diffusion Wave-Motion"; this is likely a reference to how both cards were used by Yami Yugi in the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime, to win his Duel against Seto Kaiba in the Battle City Finals.
- This monster is a Fusion of "Dark Magician" and "Buster Blader".
- This monster has 300 ATK more than "Buster Blader" ATK and 300 DEF more than "Dark Magician".
- This card has 100 ATK more than and 100 DEF less than "Buster Blader, the Dragon Destroyer Swordsman", another Fusion Monster that requires "Buster Blader" as Fusion Material.
- Like "Buster Blader", this card can gain 500 ATK for each Dragon monster on the field and in the GY, possibly to counter "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".
- This is the first Nomi Fusion Monster to be released in the TCG.
- Every time this card was Summoned in the anime or manga, its ATK was increased to 4900.
- When the 1st Edition packs of Magician's Force were released, this card was originally printed with its Duel Master's Guide artwork, before being corrected.
- This card's first OCG/second TCG artwork is taken from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 261 (Duelist Duel 202): "Beyond Hatred", specifically from the panel showing this monster being Summoned.
- This card's second OCG/first TCG artwork is taken from the title page of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 262 (Duelist Duel 203): "As a Friend".
- This card's third OCG/TCG artwork is taken from the same chapter, specifically from the next panel after this monster attacked, showing the three "Blue-Eyes White Dragons" exploding, albeit his right arm was stretched out further and raised higher in the manga.
